La Macarena

Today was probably one of the most exhausting days so far... I didn't get much sleep last night so getting up this morning was a struggle.  But I got up and walked to the bus stop with my new mom to catch the red bus with Debi.  The red bus nearly killed me.
Let me tell you that the doors to the buses in Quito aren't like elevators.  They don't re-open when you put your hand through the door.  It will close right on your hand and the bus will take off.  So I didn't enter the bus in time and the bus nearly cut off my leg.  I made it inside but my purse was flailing in the wind outside the bus as it started to accelerate... not OK. I managed to pull the purse through the doors.  Now I've learned that I need to quickly jump on the bus right when it gets there or I could lose a limb.
We got to school and talked about women's health and NGOs for 3 hours.  We had some good conversations.
Today was a first day of volunteering and we didn't have time to go home to have lunch so we had lunch near the university and then took the bus to place where we were volunteering at 2pm.
The place where we volunteered was called La Macarena.  It is a day care/school for kids who's mothers are in jail.  The kids will stay there for the entire day and then go back to the jail to stay with their mothers for the night.  There is a law in Ecuador that prohibits the separation between a mother and child.  The kids were adorable and were extremely playful.  They were very happy to see us.  They call their teachers "tias" so they started calling me "Tia Gaby."  It was exhausting because the kids wanted to be carried around everywhere but it did feel good helping out the teachers.  I loved making them happy even if it was just for only 2 hours.
I think I'll take a nap now.  I'm debating whether I want to go see a band play at this place called El pobre diablo.  Should I go?